Federal Government has announced a reduction of the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise know as fuel to N123.50 per litre. According to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Executive Secretary, Mr. Abdulkadir Saidu, the new price takes effect from today, April 1, 2020. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday … Read more
Welcome to the month of April, the fourth month in the year 2020. A happy new month to you, your friends and your family from Ekohotblog. Being a new day of a new month, many expect good wishes from their friends, family members, and loved ones, hence, Ekohotblog as compiled some lovely messages for use. … Read more
Following the outbreak and continued spread of Coronavirus across the globe, the federal government of Nigeria has approved a request by Air France to fly into Nigeria to evacuate European citizens. In a letter dated March 25, 2020 and addressed to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Air France asked to airlift Europeans from the … Read more
…. closes all land borders As more cases of Covid-19 keeps surfacing across the country, the federal government has suspended its weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting indefinitely. The announcement was made known by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, on Monday evening at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, … Read more
Prophet Joshua Iginla predicted the outbreak of a deadly disease “Coronavirus” in his 2014 prophecy. According to reports, in the year 2014 prophecy, Prophet Iginla prophesied accurately about a dreadful disease coming in the year 2020. The Prophet had said: “ I see a dreadful sickness worse than HIV. I see a beast coming out. … Read more
As a way of keeping our readers abreast of happenings in the wake of the ongoing pandemic, we bring to your notice 5 international Celebrities who have been openly declared to have tested positive to the Corona Virus. They include: Idris Akuna Elba ( Actor) British actor and musician Idris Elba shared a video via … Read more
Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, then, he will have to take some serious steps for it to become a reality. Charity, they say, begins at home! For him to be sellable to the majority of Nigerians, Tinubu must metamorphose … Read more
The Chairperson of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) , Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, has provided accomodation for over 1000 women and children at the Stadium IDPs camp on Monday afternoon. The state government made this provision as soon as they got to know that the women and children sought refuge in the open at … Read more
“A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from Heaven”, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom quoted from the Holy Bible ( John 3:27) as he congratulated Chief Douye Diri on his victory at the Supreme Court and swearing-in as Governor of Bayelsa State. In a felicitation message on behalf of the people … Read more
Obiageli Mazi, a public school teacher has not stopped thanking the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum who gifted her a hundred thousand naira because he was impressed at her attitude to work. Zulum reportedly paid an unscheduled visit to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi 2 Primary School around 6:30am on Friday February 7 to see how the … Read more
The ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles by the Lagos State government commences today. A truck laden with okada was seen on Friday night leaving the Ijegun-Satelite for North. When Vanguard News spoke with one of them, who identified himself as Muhammed on reason behind leaving Lagos, he said, “We have been leaving since December … Read more
The cold war between Nigeria and South Africa never seem to end after the Xenophobic attacks in September 2019. Two days ago, Nigerians and other foreign nationals resident in South Africa’s Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape Province were given 12 hours to vacate by the indigenes. The President of Nigeria Union in South … Read more
Cross River state Governor, Ben Ayade has said that carnival is a business venture in Nigeria as at today. Ayade who spoke on the essence of the Bikers parade said that apart from the Biker parade spicing up the event, the ceremony is organized to bring everybody together on a tripod. “Before now the carnival … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has described President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan as a man of good virtue. He made the remarks while advising Lawan’s son, Ibrahim, at his marriage ceremony. President Buhari advised the newly-wedded couple to emulate the life of Senate President whom he described as balanced. “If you’re looking for some advice on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians not to let terrorists divide the country along religious lines, following execution of some Christians and Muslims by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The president made the call in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on … Read more
Banks,Contractors owing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are beginning to make refund. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who made this known in Abuja, said that millions of funds, in naira and hard currencies, had been disclosed by some banks he described as ‘culpable’ in the alleged fleecing of NDDC over the … Read more
The kidnapped District Head of Birnin-Gwari, Alhaji Yahaya Yusuf-Abubakar, have escaped from the captive of his abductors. Ekohotblog garnered that Gunmen in military uniform had on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, kidnapped two including the district head along the Birnin-Gwari highway in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Birnin-Gwari is a town that shares borders … Read more
An activist, Deji Adeyanju,has petitioned the Inspector General of Police to investigate the attack on him by a pro-government group. In a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, dated December 23, 2019, fingered one Kabiru Dallah as the leader of the suspected miscreants who attacked him. Adeyanju and his coalition members were attacked … Read more
Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has promised street traders that he would not chase them off the street without providing alternatives for them, saying that he used to be a street boy trader at Yemetu,Ibadan. The Governor made this known at the Oja’ba Central Mosque, Ibadan during a special prayer to commemorate his 52nd birthday. … Read more
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year-old unemployed man, Eniola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for stealing a cell phone valued at N5,000. The magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fagbohun, sentenced Eniola after he pleaded guilty to two counts bordering on stealing. Fagbohun held that the convict should serve out his term without … Read more